FLORIDA — Governor DeSantis issued an executive order Thursday to suspend the sheriff of Osceola County in Florida.
According to the executive order, Marcos R. Lopez was charged with a first-degree felony count of racketeering and one count of first-degree felony of conspiracy to commit racketeering.
Gov. DeSantis announced the appointment of 35-year law enforcement veteran Christopher A. Blackmon as Osceola County Sheriff. He was the Central Region Chief for the Florida Highway Patrol. Blackmon led over 850 sworn troopers and 95 civilian employees in that position. He also served as FHP Statewide Immigration Incident Commander for all 67 counties.
It's been one year since Hurricane Milton impacted our community. Tampa Bay 28 revisited some of Tampa Bay's hardest hit areas to show the recovery and the work that still needs to be done.
